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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine, The Siege; Chapter Ten, The Ghosts Return.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Three, what is the author referring to when she says, "The first shock is always there"?
(a) The effect of Indian boarding schools.
(b) Coming to the reservation.
(c) White racism.
(d) Leaving the reservation.

2. Why does Mary receive 25 swats with a paddle when she is thirteen?
(a) She talked back to a nun.
(b) She ran away.
(c) She held hands with a boy.
(d) She refused to go to Mass because she didn't feel well.

3. What legislation passes in 1934 that focuses on Indian government?
(a) Dawes Act.
(b) Indian Civil Rights Act.
(c) Indian Reorganization Act.
(d) American Indian Religious Freedom Act.

4. In Chapter Four, where are you likely to see a sign that says, "No Indians and Dogs Allowed"?
(a) South Dakota saloons.
(b) South Dakota bus stations.
(c) South Dakota government buildings.
(d) South Dakota department stores.

5. Why does Mary not want to have her child in a white hospital?
(a) Because Barbara's baby died after two hours.
(b) Because of the large number of forced sterilizations.
(c) Because of fear of white medicine.
(d) Because she was afraid the baby would be taken from her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Barbara miscarry her baby at the beginning of Chapter Five?

2. In Chapter Two, who raises Mary and her siblings?

3. When the author leaves Custer in Chapter Eight, what does the bumper sticker on her car say?

4. What is the sacred medicine that was the Creator's gift to the Indian people?

5. Who takes Mary to her first peyote meeting?

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